SOUTHAMPTON COUNTY, VA - WILLS AND ESTATES - Catharine Ramsay, 8 Mar 1794
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IN THE NAME OF GOD AMEN, I Catharine Ramsay of Southampton County in Virginia
being in perfect sense and memory, thanks be to God for it, but very weak in
body do call to mind that it is appointed for all persons once to die and
after that to judgment, I do make this my last will & testament in manner &
form as followeth:

And, first and principally I do recommend my soul to almighty God that gave
it. And secondly, my body to be decently buried at the hand of my Executors
here-after named & for such worldy estate as it hath pleased God to bless me
with, I dispose of as followeth:

Item: I give and bequeath to my well belov'd son James Ramsey all my
plantation utensils, the working tools, one cart & wheels & geece?, one great
pott & frying pann & one sorrell mare & his choise of my cows & calf and one
heifer, big with calf, one sow & six pigs & all the corn that the bacon & half
the hogs, al? and the flax while shackle and the stand of bees & all moneys
due me when collected.

Item: I give and bequeath to my well belov'd daughter Lydia Ramsay, one grey
horse, bridle & saddle, one feather bed & furniture, all my pewter plates, one
basen, one dish, one case of knives & forks, one loom & geese & two necessary
tubs.

Item: I give to my belov'd daughter Mary Morgan one feather bed & furniture.

Item: I give to my belov'd grandson Arthur Westbrook four head of sheep.

Item: I give to my belov'd grand daughter Tonny Westbrook one cow & calf & one
700 slay.

Item: I give to my beloved Temperance Moore one feather bed & furniture.

Now it my wish and desire that all the rest of my estate be sold consisting of
bacon and hogs, lard, two head of cattle & eleven head of hogs, three woolen
wheels, to p.cotton cards and pewter & crockery ware and all the rest of my
estate of all things & the money arising from it to be equally divided between
my six children: Henry Ramsay, James Ramsay, Lydia Ramsay, Mary Morgan,
Catharine Westbrook, Temperance Moore.

I do thus ordain this & no other to be my Last Will & Testament & I do appoint
my son James Ramsay to be my hole & sole Executor.
                                                      her
                                                 Catharine X Ramsay (seal)
                                                      mark
Assigned, seal'd & delivered in
presence of us the witnesses this
8th day of March 1794.

Robert Murrell
CharlottGray

               At a Court held for the County of Southampton
                      the 12th day of February 1795

This Will was presented in court by James Ramsay, the Executor therein named,
proved by the oaths of Robert Murrell & Charlott Gray, the witnesses thereto
and ordered to be recorded.  And on the motion of the said Executor who made
oath according to law, Certificate is granted him for obtaining a Probat
thereof in due form giving security whereupon &c.

Source: Library of Virginia,
Will Book 4, 1783-1797
Southampton Co, VA
Reel 17, page 668

Note: Paragraphing and some punctuation was added by transcriber
for ease in reading. There are no paragraphs in the original.


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